PA Innovation Hubs

Innovation Hubs Across the Commonwealth

The Invent Penn State seed grant program provides campuses with $50,000 grants for three consecutive years to launch or enhance entrepreneurial centers. The impact of these grants is far reaching, with 21 Penn State undergraduate campus communities offering coworking space, accelerators, legal and IP advice and rapid prototyping resources—all free to the community—that will drive innovation and economic growth.

Abington LaunchBoxPenn State Abington

As a unique partnership based on a collaboration among the arts, technology, and business, the Abington Launchbox has assisted more than three dozen entrepreneurs since its founding, with both for-profit and non-profit ventures, in the “Creative Economy” and beyond. Facilitating collaborations among faculty, students, and members of the local community, our Innovation Hub features a maker space and an innovator-in-residence.

The Beaver Valley innovation hub harnesses higher education resources to fuel creative endeavors in and around Beaver County, from after-school arts to student entrepreneurship to small-business development.

Supporting manufacturing competitiveness and workforce needs, growing and attracting talented innovators and entrepreneurs, and creating the new high-knowledge, high-technology businesses for the region.

A no-cost business accelerator program with business, legal and intellectual property advice and co-working space for entrepreneurial teams with a scalable business concept. Happy Valley LaunchBox has supported 100s of entrepreneurs, graduated 31 startups and hosted more than 100 events.

Enhancing community and industry relationships by utilizing entrepreneurship to accelerate business development in medical and health sectors while providing resources to encourage entrepreneurship among our students and across diverse minority populations in our region.

A small-business accelerator program propelling concepts into reality and advancing startups to win their first customers or early investors. We award microgrants to early-stage entrepreneurs, sponsor a speaker series dedicated to female entrepreneurs and encourage young entrepreneurs with a two-week summer camp challenge.

Providing educational and technical support for aspiring entrepreneurs and facilitating networking opportunities for faculty, professionals and students who are passionate about building a vibrant community in downtown Scranton and the surrounding area.

Engaging and encouraging Penn State students, faculty, and community members to generate innovative, commercially-viable solutions to address existing and emerging business and social needs, and supporting entrepreneurial efforts that serve the Philadelphia region.

A startup incubator contributing to local economic development by providing guidance, mentorship and support to Penn State Shenango students and recent alumni interested in beginning a new entrepreneurial venture. Also offering a pathway for students from high school to college through collaboration with the eAcademy at LindenPointe.

A startup accelerator program, co-working space and design thinking workshops nested in Working Class, a maker space with a suite of metal, wood, and glass fabrication equipment, tools and resources to help Penn State York faculty and students, as well as community makers and entrepreneurs accelerate their ideas.

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Invent Penn State is a Commonwealth-wide initiative to spur economic development, job creation and student career success. Invent Penn State blends entrepreneurship- focused academic programs, business startup training and incubation, funding for commercialization, and university-community collaborations to facilitate the challenging process of turning research discoveries into valuable products and services that can benefit Pennsylvanians and humankind.